Video Premiere - Book Talk with Jeremy Beer, author of Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player

In case you missed it, the Book Talk with Jeremy Beer, author of "Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player," recorded on 8/20/2020 is now available on the Library's YouTube page.

Click [HERE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj3TDZnXYnw) to access the video.

In this presentation, Jeremy Beer will introduce attendees to the unjustly neglected Oscar Charleston, the greatest all-around player in Negro Leagues history. Beer will discuss how Charleston’s combined record as a player, manager, and scout makes him perhaps the most accomplished figure in the annals of baseball, and how his mastery of the quintessentially American sport under the conditions of segregation revealed what was possible for black achievement, bringing hope to millions.

Jeremy Beer is the author or editor of eight books and dozens of articles, essays, and reviews on sports, philanthropy, politics, and culture in outlets such as the Washington Post, Commonweal, National Review, and the Utne Reader. His award-winning Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player was published by the University of Nebraska Press in November 2019. Jeremy is the co-founder and principal partner at American Philanthropic, LLC. He holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and he lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Kara.